Super Bowl 46, annoying hype and all:

Seven days of hype before three hours of football --the one day where everyone puts aside their differences and stops doing what they normally do. Including, sometimes, the team you're rooting for.
Super Bowl 46 (Yeah, we know --XLVI in Roman numerals) cranks up Sunday with kickoff time at 6:30 pm (Eastern) between the AFC's New England Patriots and the NFC's New York Giants. The Pats are a two-and-a-half to three-point favorite, depending on which betting site you're looking at (More on betting below).
KELLY CLARKSON sings the National Anthem; MADONNA will perform at halftime; Pre-game entertainment includes "America the Beautiful" will be sung by husband and wife country stars BLAKE SHELTON and MIRANDA LAMBERT. Commercials are costing advertisers an average of $3.5 million per 30 second shot.
The game's on NBC, so that's AL MICHAELS doing play-by-play and CRIS COLLINGSWORTH will be providing color commentary.

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